Improvement in apparatus for measuring fluids



E. G. SHORTT.

Measuring Fluids. No. 92,110. Patented June 29, 1869.

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c dilated $121M EDWARD e. SHORTT, OF CARTHAGE, NEW YORK.

LettersPatentN, 92,110, dated June 29,1869;

IIJPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING FLUIDS. V

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

and to the letters of reference marked thereon, mak-- ing a part'of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in providing an upright cylindrical cup or vessel,"of uniform diameter, which is supplied with a hollow float, carrying a graduated stem,-which rises above the vessel,-aud, by means of an index-point, designates the amount of liquid under the float; also a glass tube, with a graduated scale, graduated to correspond with the float, is attached to the front of the vessel, communicating with it at the extreme topand bottom, thereby giving a second measurement, or proof of the amount of liquid -in the vessel.

Attached to the centre of the bottom of the vessel is a two-way cook, the opening in the core of which connects with the inside of the vessel. One of the other openings is formed into a faucet-jet, and the'other is connected, by means of a flexible tube, with the barrel or tank, so that when the cock is turned in this direction, the liquid will flow down from the barrel, t-hrough the flexible tube, into the vessel, until the desired amount is indicated by the float and the "glass tube'ythe cock is then turned around to the other side, thereby closing the connection with the barrel,

audat .the sametilne opening an escape for the liquid thus measured through the iaucet iet.

To enable others skilled in the-art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction' and operation.

I construct, first, a cylindrical cup, or vessel, of uniform diameter, as shown at a, in the accompanying drawings, which is suspended-by means of two ears, b b, near its upper part, hangingin the forked arm 0,

which is an extension of the, hollow coupling d, by

means of which the whole apparatus is attached to the barrel;

The two-way cook a, having-its core-opening communicating with the vessel at the bottom, is connected on one side by the flexible tube f, with the hollow coupling d. On the other side it is formed into a fanth rough the faucet-jet, for escape.

cat-jet, g, for the escape of the liquid after it is measured,

The cup is furnished with a hollow float, h, from "which, rising up out of the vessel, isa graduated stem,

'5, which passes by the adjustableindex-point la, and as this float always restsnpon the surface of the liquid, the index-point will designate the amount thereof by the graduated stem. Also, the graduated glass tube 1, which communicates both at the extreme top and bottom with. the measuring-vessel, will indicate the amount of the liquid upon its scale, since the vessel always hangs, by its own weight, in a vertical position, 7 r and may be retained thus by'the clamp-screw :v. v

In order to use myinvention, the hollow plug mis to be screwed into the barrel or tank, This plug'has a flange upon its outer extremity, through which is a notch, m, which is to be left upon one Side, as the plug is screwed into the barrel, to admit the. hook it upon the hollow This hook fits over the flange, which, being coupling. of increasing breadth, as is shown in the drawings, tightens the hollow coupling as it is turned up, so that, with its rings of rubber packing d, the coupling is held to the barrel without danger of leakage.

When the handle of the two-way cock is turned back, the liquid flowslfrom the barrel down through the flexible tube f, and in at the bottom of the vessel, until the index-point k and the glass gauge lindicate 'the' desired measure; then, by-turning the handle of the cock nearly around to the front, the connection with the barrel is closed, and an opening is made After the liquid has run out, the handle may be turned still further to the front, when the cam 0, on the handle, raises the stopper 1), which covers the end ofthe faucet, and prevents dripping.

\Vhat-I claim'as my invention, and desire to secure [by Letters Patent, is-

q The combination of the hollow plug -m with. the hook and coupling 12, attached to the trunnion-arms c, for supporting the measuring-vessel, and the flexible tube j, for connecting it with the barrel, all substantially as herein set fort EDWARD G. SHORTT.

Witnesses: i I

, H. J. WELOH, J. L. Non'ron. 

